government shutdown

NEW YORK — A 1,159-page border security bill was released late Wednesday night, a couple of weeks after a culmination of closed-door meetings and tense negotiations — giving Congress a day to vote on it before...

California’s first Filipino-American elected to the House of Representatives — Democratic Congressman TJ Cox — has his own thoughts on another looming government shutdown and a possible Trump shutdown. Congressman Cox says he will continue to push...

HONOLULU, HI — The government workers’ union in Hawaii, along with other community groups, continue to show aloha for federal government employees, even after a tentative deal to re-open the government was reached by Congress before the...

HAWAII — L&L Hawaiian Barbeque stepped in to help federal government workers affected by last week’s partial government shutdown, distributing over 500 free meal specials to furloughed workers and their families....Read More

Fil-Am celebrities have been doing their part to help those who have been affected by the month-long government shutdown. Football star Doug Baldwin of the Seattle Seahawks announced that he’ll be joining a food drive with...

It’s the announcement that hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been waiting to hear for five weeks. “I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and...

WASHINGTON DC — Two bills aimed to reopen the government — one pushed by Republicans, the other by Democrats — failed to get enough votes to advance at the Senate floor on Thursday, essentially killing them....Read More

U.S. senators on Wednesday were debating on two bills that are expected to not get enough votes to re-open the partial government shutdown, now in its second month. “Let me be very clear. These two votes...